Chimney Rock In NW Oklahoma

Have you ever been to Northwest Oklahoma's Chimney Rock in the earlier years before it collapse to weathering and nature? That is one place that this 60-something NW Okie has never experienced. AND ... It was in my own backyard! Here is a satellite map of the area that Chimney Rock was located, in Northwest Oklahoma - NW Oklahoma's Chimney Rock.

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OkieLegacy Crossword Puzzles

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1935 Rebuilding of Castle On the Hill

According to The Oklahoman, dated September 16, 1935, Front page, the headlines stated, "State;s Work Plan Speeded" - "Alva College Buildings To Be Replaced at Once."

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1936 Miss Alva

It was July 25, 1936 that this news article appeared in The Oklahoman, on page 14, with the headlines reading: "Miss Alva, 1936."

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McCarrick Alva Memories of 1944

Homer says, "Check out McCarrick's Alva memories of 1944 at Northwestern State Teachers College with the Air Cadets [more]... View/Write Comments (count 0)   |   Receive updates (0 subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

March 1935 - Alvan's Celebrate Good News

It was March 16, 1935, The Oklahoman stated on the front page that "Alva Building Fund Bill Becomes Law."

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March 1, 1935 - Castle On the Hill Burn

If you would have read the headlines on March 2, 1935, in The Oklahoman, on the front page, the headlines might have read, "Teachers College building at Alva Goes Up in Flames."

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Memories Of Castles At Alva OK - April 1935

The picture on the left shows Dr. James E. Ament, father of the normal school at Alva; the building at the far right was the administration building (Castle on the Hill -- or -- Old Main) of the Alva normal school which burned, March, 1935; and the big picture behind Dr. Ament shows Ament's dream building for a school he hoped to head and the castle idea for the original Alva building.

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1936 - Alva Pioneer Dies In East

According to The Oklahoman, dated July 23, 1936, page 5, there was the headlines that read: "Alva Pioneer Dies In East" - "Doctor Ament Was First Head of State School."

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1934 - Volcano Ashes Found Near Alva

The Oklahoman, dated November 14, 1934, page 16, had these headlines: "Ashes of Volcano Found Near Alva."

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Warwick Sketches & WV Homestead

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Northwestern Prairie Folk Mourn - March 10, 1935

We did some searching online at The Oklahoman archives for "Castle On the Hill" in the year 1935 and found a couple of articles. One of those articles was dated March 10, 1935, page 59, with the following headlines: "Northwestern Prairie Folk Mourn Loss of Pioneer College Structure at Alva," written by Jone Sartin.

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1935 -- Walls Can't Be Used For Alva School

This article appeared in The Oklahoman, April 12, 1935, page 5, with headlines that read: "Walls Can't Be Used For Alva School."

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Westview - A Waynoka Connection

We found this next item of interest in one of our packed boxes. It came from my husband's sister, Joan (Wagner) Hodgden. The name of the Journal was Westview - A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Vol. II, No. 4, a published quarterly by Southwestern Center for Regional Studies. It was published, Summer of 1983 by the executive committee of Southwestern Regional Studies Center.

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1934 - Alva Lawyers Face Disbarment

Here is an interesting article that appeared in The Oklahoman dated February 24, 1932, on the front page, with headlines that read: Alva Lawyers To Face Disbarment."

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Star Theatre & Other Theatre Memories

Roy says, "I probably have more information about the Star Theatre in Minco, Oklahoma than ANY other living person because I'm the one who bought the theatre equipment from Noah Standifer and operated that theatre until the day it closed (after I'd bought the Perry Theatre and moved to Perry, Oklahoma).

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